Saturday, November 12, 2005

Gates memo warns of 'disruptive' changes

Ina Fried ZDNet

Aiming to stir up the same kind of momentum as his Internet Tidal Wave memo of a decade earlier, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates has penned a memo outlining the challenges Microsoft faces from a host of online competitors.

"This coming 'services wave' will be very disruptive," Gates said in an October. 30 e-mail to top Microsoft employees. "We have competitors who will seize on these approaches and challenge us."